Summary

• While the coronavirus pandemic has slammed much of the REIT sector, the "essential" property sectors - housing, industrial, and technology - have been a rare "oasis of growth" this year.
• Industrial REITs are poised to record the strongest dividend and FFO growth rates among major property sectors this year at nearly 10%. Eight of thirteen industrial REITs have raised dividends.
• The "hub of e-commerce" and the hottest property sector of the last half-decade, industrial REITs are poised to outperform the broad-based REIT benchmark for the fifth consecutive year in 2020.
• A potential double-edged-sword, the pandemic accelerated the "retail apocalypse" trends as surviving retailers divert more of their capital away from malls and into distribution supply chains.
• Recent earnings reports confirmed that fundamentals are ahead of pre-pandemic expectations. Similar to the housing industry, the trends of limited supply and robust demand should be a theme throughout the 2020s.

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